Pretty, huh!

Well, we closed on the house last Tuesday December 18th. It was pretty painless, we signed a ton of papers, handed over a pretty check, and got the keys! Luckily the big noreaster that hit was BEFORE we bought the house, so the sellers plowed our long driveway for us so we could get to the house. There is a TON of snow everywhere. But that doesnt stop us!!! We have begun work on the house- we have a contractor helping us with our floors and the roof. We have been VERY lucky to find hardwood floors under most of our current gross flooring. Here are the results from day 1 of remodeling!

Guest room floor. Carpet is pulled up to find red vinyl tile that we are chipping away at. Underneath.... hardwood floors! Yeay!!!

1st floor dining room & in front of kitchen. Under this vinyl slate is hardwoods we are digging up!
Living room floor. This was the easiest room- just pulled up the carpet, and beautiful hardwood floors! (ok, I exaggerate- they are about 4 different finishes of wood and textures right now, but at least no vinyl to chip away at!) There is about 1 foot of vinyl that goes all the way down the room, looks like it might have been a patch of some sort- we have to do more research to see whats underneath.
This is our problem area. Where the living room ends and the kitchen area begins- floor is sinking a bit and there is weird patch work done on the floor. We have to fix that and put some more wood floor down. Then pull up the rest of the vinyl in the area and hope the wood floors are ok.
This little beauty is my own personal project. It is the laundry room floor. Those are nasty carpet tiles that I have been scraping up off the floor. And I think those stains are dog pee- it stinks! And if anyone knows the smell of dog pee.... its me!!! The lovely cat box and cleaners were left there by the old tenant. Along with her dirty (and filled) litter box in the basement. DI-O-SGUSTING